George kept multiple 55-gallon drums of gasoline in the basement—the fire would have smoldered for hours, turning the debris into an oven.
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Captivity psychology gives the Sodder family's alleged kidnapping theory a darker, more complicated edge.
A Christmas Eve house fire turns into a disappearance mystery in this Sodder family episode, centered on the failure to find remains after several of the family's children were lost in 1945.
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You want a Christmas Eve fire that opens into the question of whether five Sodder children were really gone.
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